Albert Bank

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Albert Bank
Submerged bank
Albert Bank is located in Antarctica
Albert Bank
Albert Bank (Antarctica)
OceanSouthern Ocean

Albert Bank (

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77°10′S 32°45′W / 77.167°S 32.750°W / -77.167; -32.750), also known as Prince Albert I Bank, is a submarine bank in the Weddell Sea named for Albert I of Monaco, instrumental in initiating the first GEBCO charts (1903). The name was proposed by Dr. , Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, and approved in June 1997.

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Albert Bank". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)


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